"They're back! Captain Liu and the others are back!"
The soldiers patrolling the perimeter of the refuge area were the first to see Liu Jincai and his companions rushing out of the forest, and they shouted happily:
"Hurry up and inform Captain Lu and Captain Ma—"
A soldier immediately turned around to report the good news. Several other soldiers came forward and saw that Liu Jincai and his men were in such a mess that they quickly lent a hand to take over.
"This is......"
Liu Jincai was so tired that he couldn't even speak. He took two breaths before speaking incoherently:
"Hurry... call a doctor..."
The raincoat draped over the stone suddenly slipped off, and the soldiers realized that they were carrying the unconscious Platoon Leader Hao. They quickly took over and ran towards the communication tent, shouting as they ran:
"Doctor! Come quickly, doctor—"
Lu Zhan had just heard the news that Liu Jincai and his men had found the person and returned. Before he had time to be happy, he heard shouts coming from outside the tent coming closer and closer, and his expression suddenly froze.
He can now force himself to sit up, but any larger movement of his upper body would pull on the healing wound, so at the strong request of Dr. Liu, he tries to stay in bed to recuperate.
But now, seeing several soldiers rushing in carrying the unconscious Shitou, Lu Zhan's heart tightened. He endured the severe pain and stood up and shouted:
"Quick, go call Dr. Liu over!"
There was no time to ask what had happened. Just by looking at Shi Tou's pale face with his eyes closed and his bloodless lips, I knew the seriousness of the matter.
Doctor Liu rushed over immediately. As soon as he saw Shi Tou's face, he knew something was wrong. He quickly took out a small medical flashlight and started checking his facial features. Just as he was about to unbutton his clothes to check if he had any injuries, his hand suddenly stopped - he clearly felt several uneven spots on Shi Tou's chest.
The chest contour of a normal person is smooth, with no bulges or depressions.
He didn't dare to delay any longer and quickly undressed Shi Tou and took a look. He immediately gasped.
From the front of Shitou's chest to the upper abdomen, there were several irregular whitish marks of varying depths on his bronze skin. Although there appeared to be no bleeding wounds on the surface of the skin, they made Dr. Liu break out in a cold sweat more than if there were wounds.
He murmured to himself:
"Oh no, it might be internal bleeding..."
Unlike Lu Zhan who was scratched by the sharp claws of the bear, the bloody wound looks scary, but as long as the internal organs are not damaged and the bleeding is stopped as soon as possible, it is generally not life-threatening. However, internal bleeding cannot be stopped on its own. If surgical intervention is not performed in time, the bleeding volume will reach a certain level and cause the patient's death.
The young communications soldier who completed the mission with Shi Tou also followed in, and Dr. Liu quickly asked him about what happened yesterday.
When he heard that Shitou was able to speak normally last night and was not found unconscious until this morning, and there were no other wounds on his body, Doctor Liu concluded that it was undoubtedly internal bleeding.
However, the amount of bleeding should not be large at the beginning, so he was able to talk to the little soldier seemingly normally last night. But after a night, the amount of bleeding in the body reached a level that the human body could not bear, and the person fell into a coma.
Lu Zhan noticed that Dr. Liu looked serious, and a bad feeling crossed his mind:
"Doctor Liu, how is Shitou?"
Doctor Liu shook his head and said in a heavy voice:
"Captain Lu, I think this comrade is bleeding internally, but I can't visually identify the source of the bleeding. There's no hemostatic treatment in the evacuation area, let alone surgery. I can't handle this situation right now."
The signalman got anxious when he heard this. He quickly grabbed Dr. Liu's white coat and wanted to kneel down in front of him immediately:
"You're a doctor, how could you not handle it? Please, doctor, save our platoon leader! He risked his life to climb Thunder Rock to save everyone. He's a hero, he can't die!"
Doctor Liu's eyes were red, and he held him with both hands:
"I'm sorry, I really can't..."
Seeing that his plea was unsuccessful, the young soldier turned around and cried to Lu Zhan:
"Battalion Commander, Platoon Leader Hao insisted on completing the radio signal transmission mission before he fell. He persevered to the end for all of us. Please ask the doctor to save him, save Platoon Leader Hao!"
Over the course of the morning, the young soldier's mood fluctuated wildly. First, he was filled with joy as he prepared to return to the refuge area with Platoon Leader Hao. Then, he became panicked and frightened when he found Platoon Leader Hao unconscious. Then, he was pleasantly surprised to run into Liu Jincai and his companions in the dense forest. Finally, he felt a surge of hope when he learned that Platoon Leader Hao could still be saved...
Now he was told that all this was in vain. Even if they sent Platoon Leader Hao back to the refugee area as quickly as possible, they could not save the situation.
This was the first time he experienced the helplessness of losing his comrades, and he couldn't accept it.
Lu Zhan's heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by a huge hand. He felt so heartbroken that he could hardly breathe. Memories of his lost comrades once again invaded his heart: Xiushan Town, Bi Guoguang, and now Hao Shitou...
He endured the double pain brought by his body and mind and spoke with difficulty:
"Doctor Liu, can you think of another way? The radio signal has been sent. I believe the rescue team will arrive soon. As long as Shitou can hold on until then, there's a chance he can be saved."
Doctor Liu fell into deep thought. He understood what Lu Zhan meant.
The best way to treat internal bleeding is to perform laparotomy, find the bleeding point, and suture or ligate the ruptured blood vessels or tissues. Otherwise, all other means will only treat the symptoms and not the root cause.
If we just try to delay as much as possible, maybe there are still some things we can try...
"I'll try my best..."
"Captain Lu, I can only maintain Platoon Leader Hao's vital signs as best I can. I can't provide him with effective treatment. How long he can hold on depends on himself."
There are also some coagulation pills in the medical kit, which can only play a minimal auxiliary role and cannot promote the automatic healing of bleeding points. In addition, there are some analgesics that can relieve the patient's physical pain.
Without antibiotics, once an intracavitary infection unfortunately occurs, the condition will take a turn for the worse, so it is important to try to ensure that the patient's environment is clean.
The last thing he could do as a doctor was to give the patient an injection of adrenaline at the last moment of his life.
This is a desperate measure with unpredictable consequences. It may allow the patient to recover for a period of time, or it may accelerate his death.
He told Lu Zhan all these words truthfully. Now that things had come to this, Lu Zhan had no other choice but to nod heavily.
He would do everything he could to save Stone's life, even if it meant just a little more time...
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